BUSINESS AND DIGITAL LAW-2

The course Business and Digital Law is designed to provide sound knowledge and understanding of the core aspects of the business and digital law to participants, with special reference to the various forms of business organisation, their regulation at both national and EU levels, their significance in the emerging economies, and the impact of technology on business activities and operations.
In particular, the students will be provided with an in-depth description of the main legal factors affecting business, its organization, the efficient and effective management of enterprises and the impact of technology on business operations.
This course is divided into two modules. This is the second module of the course and it mainly focuses on topics concerning the digitalisation of business.

The course programme is designed to promote and to stimulate innovative, creative and learning approaches to business, by combining the study of traditional legal instruments with an in-depth analysis of their implementation in the digital environment and in the organizational changes of the modern enterprises (digital transformation).
Participants, upon successfully completing the two-module course, will be able to develop abilities, in particular to be promoted in management and senior management positions, by practical applications of law principles in business and digital world. They will also be able to better understand the dynamics and the business implications of the current digital transformation, as well as the organizational needs of enterprises in the rapidly changing social and economic scenario.
At last, the use of case studies, workshops, group activities as teaching method will help the students to develop teamwork skills and leadership competencies.

Students must know the fundamentals of Private law.
Basic knowledge of information technology devices is recommended.

This module of Business and Digital law (II) will deal with specific topics relevant to digital environment and business activities regulation: capital markets and the digital transformation in capital markets (for example, regulation and possibilities related to the digitalisation of the finance sector), takeover regulation, dematerialisation of financial instruments and money market instruments, start-up financing and crowdfunding, bitcoin and blockchain, IP rights –such as patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets– and their protection in the digital era, including creative commons licenses and file sharing and copyright infringement.

De Luca, N., European Company Law. Text, Cases and Materials (Cambridge University Press: 2017) (chapters 17 and 18)
Other course materials (case studies, journal articles, PPT presentations) will be uploaded to the moodle e-learning platform.

The exam consists of 10 multiple choice questions and two open-ended questions. For each correct answer, a candidate gets 1 mark, and a penalty of 0.5 mark is applied for getting an incorrect answer.
The students may also prepare a group assignment to get extra marks.

Frontal lectures.
PowerPoint presentations and slides relevant to the course topics uploaded to the moodle e-learning platform.
Case studies used as additional teaching material uploaded to the moodle e-learning platform.
Group works to encourage active learning.

Students are encouraged to actively attend classes.

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Circular economy, innovation, work" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development